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Earn 100

What is a quark?

Important Questions on Atomic, Nuclear and Particle Physics

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A ρ-meson is made up of an up quark and an antidown quark. Calculate its charge.
MEDIUM
State the baryon number of the hadron with quark content c¯,c¯,c¯
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Hadrons are made up from quarks.

Which combination of quarks could make up a meson?

(a) dds

(b) ssc

(c) sb

(d) sc

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State two differences between hadrons and leptons.
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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}

HARD

The given reaction violates one or more conservation laws. Identify the law that is violated.

e+μ++v¯μ+ve¯

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Which one of the following is an example of lepton?
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The electron and the neutron belong to different groups of particles.

Copy and complete the table to show the group of particles to which the electron and neutron belong and state the name of another member of each group.

  Group to which it belongs Another particle in the same group
Electron    
Neutron    
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Which one of the following is the example of baryons?
MEDIUM
Write down the quark structure of the antineutron and the anti-proton. Verify that the charges come out correctly.
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What are the differences between a proton, a positron and a photon? You can describe how their masses differ, how their charges differ or whether they are

particles or antiparticles.

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In a copy of the table shown below, write 'yes' to identify the interaction(s) that apply to hadrons and to leptons.

  Strong Weak
hadrons    
leptons    

 

HARD
Explain whether the electric force acts on neutrinos.